LATS.
Thyroid Meetings.

13th International Thyroid Congress

We are very happy to invite all of you to the 13th International Thyroid Congress (ITC) that will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the year 2005.

This is a joint meeting of the four sister societies: ATA, AOTA, ETA & LATS. According to the traditional "rule of rotations", the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) has designated Buenos Aires as the host city for the next ITC. As usual, the scientific program will cover the most up-to-date issues in thyroidology. The Program Organizing Committee (POC) will be composed by three relevant members of each sister societies, while the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) will be in charge of the congress organization.

On behalf of the LOC members, it is my great pleasure to extend an invitation to all the colleagues around the world who are interested in the thyroid field. We wish to make the 13th ITC a memorable event in terms of science, social activities and personal friendship.

Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, is located at the occidental shore of the Rio de la Plata. Just a century ago, in such a place, the tango was born. This worldwide famous music will accompany you in the best moments of the social program, as well as the charm and the glamour of Buenos Aires, which is one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities of the world. The 13th ITC will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 30th to November 4th, 2005. This period of time belongs to the first half of spring in South America, a wonderful season to enjoy all the beauties of Argentina.

Buenos Aires has a wide variety of comfortable hotels, with convenient prices to fit the economy of each individual person. The excellent food, specially the meat, is one of the most outstanding qualities of Argentina, and usually becomes as the great pleasure of the gourmand tourists. As you can see, Buenos Aires should capture you in a real sense. For this reason, you are very welcome to share with us the surely exciting 13th ITC,which will be hosted by the Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS).

Hugo Niepomniszcze, MD, PhD
Chairman of the LOC

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

President: Hugo Niepomniszcze
Vice-President: Silvia Gutiérrez
Secretary: Alicia Gauna
Treasurer: Gerardo Sartorio
Liaison to the POC: Mario A. Pisarev

Chairmen of the Committees:

Local Arrangements: María del Carmen Silva Croome
Fund Raising: Carmen Cabezón
Registration and Publicity: Guillermo Juvenal
Commercial Exhibition: Marcos Abalovich
Social Program: Ana Orlandi
Publications: Marta Schnitman

Advisory: Aldo H. Coleoni & Sonia Iorcansky

PROGRAM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
13th INTYERNATIONAL THYROID CONGRESS

Chairman: Mario A. Pisarev (LATS)
Members: Sheue-yann Cheng (ATA)
Daniel Glinoer (ETA)
Edna Kimura (LATS)
Annie WC Kung (AOTA)
Ana Luiza Maia (LATS)
Jorge Mestman (ATA)
Bruce G. Robinson (AOTA)
Pilar Santisteban (ETA)
Hisao Seo (AOTA)
Martin Surks (ATA)
Daan van der Heide (ETA)

Official Sponsors: